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by Kenneth Dockins

Jun 8, 2014 Grammar 3812 Views

How strong is your understanding of English grammar rules? The ability to write good American text is a powerful skill to have, especially if you want to provide services online, sell products on the Internet, or have a website of your own.

The United States continues to open its doors to new citizenship from nearly EVERY foreign land. Yet, even though this might present pleasant opportunity in itself, those who learn how to utilize the nuances of writing American grammar begin to possess far more powerful advantages.

For instance, people speak English around the world, and countries have learned to adopt it as the universal tool for communicating. Do you also notice how individuals communicate online?

They use a particularly productive element of the English grammar rules set, called "keywords." At first, these are just the common phrases that ordinary people use to describe things they need, want, or love to think about.

However, strong computer software technology and consumer service companies like Google, for example, have actually turned written English phrases into intellectual technology "tools."

This essentially means that the interpretation, reading, and writing of appropriate English grammar rules has a meaningful purpose in almost every part of American life.

When using computers, for instance, keywords appear on each web site page as ordinary language. But, these identifiable English grammar phrases also appear BEHIND those pages, in the form of HTML codes that tell search engines how to handle your content.

On almost every level, reading and writing in English becomes a special piece that completes the worldwide communication puzzle.

Nonetheless, you must prepare yourself for a somewhat great challenge. That is, even for simple observation and translation, English grammar RULES come into play. The laws themselves are rather tricky.

Ironically, it is actually much easier for many natural-born American citizens to simply SPEAK the language, without bothering to learn WHY some words are correct while others are not considered appropriate in spoken or written sentences.

For instance, so many words actually SOUND the same but have totally different meanings. Examples are "seen" and "scene" or "peek" and "pique."

However, this is where your actual KNOWLEDGE of English grammar rules becomes a personal advantage. With such guidelines, you can almost ALWAYS easily choose the best word to complement your speaking and writing.

Another tricky nuance in the rules for English sentence construction involves knowing when a SINGLE word actually has a PLURAL meaning. Particular words that come to mind, for example, are "clothing" and "clothes."

In this case, you would have to use a slightly different sentence for each, because "his clothing IS nice," but "his clothes ARE clean."

The above is just a very basic and simple illustration, but surely English grammar rules extend to nearly the HIGHEST degrees of perfection.

Would you like to learn English grammar rules to improve your writing skills, and speak better English, as well? You might find the enclosed resource link to be extremely enjoyable plus highly helpful.

Article source: http://eslarticle.com/pub/teaching/grammar/107088-How-to-Learn-English-Grammar-Rules-for-Reading-and-Writing.html

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